the kill

This unfortunate bee was relaxing in the sun on a leaf, and I was about to take a few pics, when the master of stealth appeared from seemingly nowhere and grabbed his dinner, right in front of my eyes! I was tempted to save the poor bee from certain death, but decided that nature is nature, and the spider is entitled to eat, so I continued taking pics until the poor bee could fight no more.

Nature in the raw and so well documented here Carol, you and me both witnessed a kill as it happened, me with my crab spider and you with this one. Like you say, it is hard not to intervene but nature must take it's course and we, as photographers, must record the proceedings if we are lucky enough to be there at the time.
This is a splendid set of natural history shots recording the kill in detail and showing poison that comes in small packages has mighty big power over it's prey.
Fran

Nature in the raw and so well documented here Carol, you and me both witnessed a kill as it happened, me with my crab spider and you with this one. Like you say, it is hard not to intervene but nature must take it's course and we, as photographers, must record the proceedings if we are lucky enough to be there at the time.

This is a splendid set of natural history shots recording the kill in detail and showing poison that comes in small packages has mighty big power over it's prey.

So Carol, into 'snuff movies' now :P. Evil, vicious git of a spider! But seriously, nature is nature as you say, but can be so cruel. Top marks for holding back from intervening, don't know if I could have. Great series of shots. Moira

So Carol, into 'snuff movies' now . Evil, vicious git of a spider! But seriously, nature is nature as you say, but can be so cruel. Top marks for holding back from intervening, don't know if I could have. Great series of shots. Moira

'Gosh,...Carol,...I am going to protest Insect violence,' here. In v1, it looks, as if the Bee's body is truncated, or cut in half. Finely colored & detailed set of images of the 'reality of Nature.'
Ciao...Peter :D;)

'Gosh,...Carol,...I am going to protest Insect violence,' here. In v1, it looks, as if the Bee's body is truncated, or cut in half. Finely colored & detailed set of images of the 'reality of Nature.'
Ciao...Peter